Paul Tyler, ArtsKC Fund Grants Director
My best arts memory… five summers of performances at The Lost Colony on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
A quote I love… Life is short, art is long. Hippocrates
If I were an instrument, I would be… a saxophone.
My favorite artist is… Anna Deavere Smith.
I am inspired by… the passion, creativity and imagination of talented and dedicated people.
Paul Tyler has been working with the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City since moving to Kansas City from Virginia in late 2001. He worked on research and planning for the ArtsKC Fund for over a year before its launch in the spring of 2007, and now serves as Grants Director for the fund. His previous work at the Arts Council included research, advocacy, economic development and the arts, and arts marketing. He has been Project
Director for several
NEA grants to the Arts
Council
. Other responsibilities
include his work with Artist INC, which is implemented by a partnership of organizations that includes the Arts Council, Charlotte Street Foundation and the UMKC Innovation Center. Paul was closely involved with the planning work for
Artist INC since the beginning and has helped to direct its activities as it continues to grow.
Tyler served for seven years as Deputy Director of the state arts agency in Virginia, the Virginia Commission for the Arts. As fiscal officer there, he supervised reporting and tracking of the agency’s federal grants funding as well as financial reporting for an average of $4.5 million in grants disbursed annually. A graduate of the University of Virginia with a BA in English and Drama, Paul has over twenty-five years of experience related to financial management and administration in the arts. His earlier career experience includes work in professional theatre, dance and museum management at non-profit organizations such as TheatreVirginia, the Richmond Ballet, and the Valentine Museum in Richmond.
Paul's wife Laura Petta is an accomplished graphic designer at Hallmark, and they live in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood in central Kansas City, Missouri.
816.994.9227
Tyler@artskc.org
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